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Re: Help bring her back to life. My 74 got delivered today.

First rough and heavy coat of primer, did exactly what I hoped so far, pointed out the good and the bad much easier to see when all the same color. Do some light sanding tomorrow and then a little more glazing.

This is what I have been chasing all this time. The whole roof was dimpled like this.

Wow.. sorry about the extreme close-up! what I am trying to get rid of is the big pits..the little ones are just the primer! Never thought my cell phone would make it look Lunar!

Re: Help bring her back to life. My 74 got delivered today.

White over white. I love white on big old Cadillacs. Makes them pop and look even bigger IMO. Also love white with all the chrome on these beasts!

I'm on about the sixth coat now. The little pits are just in the primer coat. The Deep ones are the ones needing more filler. I went heavy on the primer and will sand down fine tomorrow.

Unless you mean the rear window, then that needs more than that. (But for now, that is all it will get!)

I have noticed that, too. White does seem to make a car look bigger. A white Cadillac limousine looks longer than a black or dark blue one, even though it really isn't longer. An optical illusion, I guess.

Re: Help bring her back to life. My 74 got delivered today.

I have not gotten anything major done lately. A week after I finished my drug regime I went on vacation. Now I am just getting caught up on daily stuff and yard work left neglected for the whole summer. spent three days off cleaning my place, just to get it to "cluttered". Which is an improvement over "Tonight On Hoarder..."!
My folks lawn needs everything done to it Weeds went wild through drought, and lost quite a bit of grass, so far I have managed to complete the spring pruning.

While I was on vacation I went to a Kmart in Manistee MI and bought a pair of fuzzy dice for it. We don't have Kmart locally anymore and it is an inside joke to have a pair if dice from Kmart. When I was selling cars I would buy out the local store about twice a month. Always kept about 20 pair in my bottom desk drawer. They sold a lot of cars for me!

Before I left I spent about 2 or 3 days cleaning 35 years of crud, water spots, and paint from the previous owner off. Then used oooo synthetic steel wool on a low speed buffer/scratch compound to get rid of scratches and other small problems. So it is ready for me when I get a chance to finish and paint it's mounting place. That is about the extent of it so far. I also bought an original lap blanket for it! Now I just need to find the pillow.

In short, when we get done with Matt's intervention, you can do mine while we are all in the same place!

I do love walking past it twice a day to and from work. Beautiful profile under that tarp. Still makes my heart jump when I look at it and still glad I found it.

Right now it is costing me $11.00 per month so I am in no rush, other than I want it to cruise in spring. I am asking around in hopes of finding a garage for the winter where I can work on it. The underground here is not going to work for that.

Re: Help bring her back to life. My 74 got delivered today.

It hasn't given me it's name yet. He or she is being very tight lipped and we have not gotten to introductions yet. I am sure at some point it will pop up when I least expect it.

I believe in an organic naming process instead of sitting trying to come up with one.

Someday I will call it a name in anger or joy and think "That's it!" Or a friend will look at it and make a comment that sparks my fire. Or perhaps I will see a person on TV or in movies who's character reminds me of the cars attributes.

It will come somehow. When it does, my forum family will get a birth announcement right here.